1984 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1984 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Agriculture
not self-sufficient in food production; produces some fruit and vegetables; dairy and poultry farming; shrimping and fishing
Airfields
3 total, 2 usable; 2 with permanentsurface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Branches
Amir rules with help of a Cabinet led by Prime Minister; Amir dissolved the National Assembly in August 1975 and suspended the constitutional provision for election of the Assembly; independent judiciary
Budget
(1982) $740 million current expenditure, $461 million capital
Capital
Manama
Civil air
2 major transport aircraft
Communists
negligible
Electric power
1,444,800 kW capacity (1983); 6.328 billion kWh produced (1983), 16,101 kWh per capita
Exports
$3.6 billion (f.o.b., 1982); nonoil exports $485 million (1982); oil exports $3.1 billion (1982)
Fiscal year
calendar year Communications
GDP
$4.0 billion at current prices (1982 est.), $10,000 per capita; real growth rate 9% (1981)
Government leader
Isa bin Sulman Al KHALIFA, Amir Political parties and pressure groups: political parties prohibited; several small, clandestine leftist and Shi'a fundamentalist groups are active
Highways
155 km bituminous surfaced; undetermined mileage of natural surface tracks; 25 km bridge-causeway to Saudi Arabia is under construction with completion scheduled for January 1986
Imports
$3.5 billion (c.i.f., 1982); nonoil imports $1.7 billion (1982); oil imports $1.8 billion (1982)
Legal system
based on Islamic law and English common law; constitution went into effect December 1973
Major industries
petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, offshore banking, ship repairing
Major trade partners
Japan, UK, US, Saudi Arabia
Member of
Arab League, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), GCC, IBRD, ICAO, IDE— Islamic Development Bank, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, QIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO Economy
Monetary conversion rate
0.376 Bahrain dinar=US$l (December 1984)
National holiday
16 December
Pipelines
crude oil, 56 km; refined products, 16 km; natural gas, 32 km
Ports
1 major (Bahrain)
Telecommunications
excellent international telecommunications; limited domestic services; 72,600 telephones (21.0 per 100 popl.); 2 AM, 1 FM, and 2 TV stations; 2 satellite stations; tropospheric scatter and microwave to Qatar, United Arab Emirates,